S Shashank (b. 1978)

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Master Shashank was born in Rudrapatna in 1978. Shashank displayed an ear for music at a very early age. His father Subramanyam, a biochemist and also an amateur flautist recognised his talent and began his training momentarily. In 1990, Sastry hall, Chennai was the venue for 12 year old Shashank's debut. Since then Shashank has created an unrivalled record as a Star performer in prestigious organisations world over - Krishna Gana Sabha, Mylapore Fine Arts and the Music Academy at Chennai, Sawayi Gandharva, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (London), ANZ Grindlays Kalasangam, School for Advanced Study (Princeton-USA), Swara Laya (Delhi) and Rashtrapathy Bhavan (President's Palace in New Delhi).

On the insistence of flute wizard MALI, that Shashank learn only vocal music in a sound tradition and follow his own genius to play the flute, he learnt vocal music from Sangeetha Kalanidhi K.V.Narayana Swamy and Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao. He acquired performing skills from Trichur C.Narendran, a mridangam vidwan. He has enthraled audiences in India, USA, UK, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Middle East and Singapore

Discography

In alphabetical order of the title

Title	Nature	Music / recording	Contents	Label	Other Artists	Year
Flute Fantasia	Carnatic Flute		Naga Gaandari, Hindustani Kafi, Behag, Shir Bhairav	Navras	Delhi P Sunder Rajan, Violin; Vizianagaram P Satish Kumar, Mridangam; Tripunitura Radhakrishnan, Ghatam; B V S Prasad, Morsing